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Originally Posted by Bryan
My observation is that 'kids living with their parents' in TV fall into one of three general categories.
The first (probably the best) is kids who move her to take care of Mom or Dad who is having physical, mental, or both problems. They sacrifice their personal lives to take care of Mom or Dad. That's what families do!
The second is kids who have hit a rough patch. It may be a job loss, divorce, death of a spouse, or something else. Mon and/or Dad step up to the plate and offer support. That's what families do! Once they are back on their feet, they are out of here and back to their own productive lives.
The last - the ones most often in the news and in jail - are the losers who couldn't cut it on their own in the real world. Now they are back in the empty nest, soaking off of Mon and/or Dad. I don't necessarily think Mom and/or Dad are innocent here - they are enablers for letting their 'loser' offspring soak off of them and dispute life in our retirement community.
Most of us would prefer to see this last group depart our fine community but, alas, that probably won't happen until they get some really serious jail time.
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Excellent post ........... however, add one more group to your three ........... what about the "throw away" grandchildren where either the Mother or Father remarries and the new spouse does not want the almost adult child in the house? I personally know of a case, he is over 19, works nights, goes to college during the day and now takes care of his grand parents. He is the nicest young man you could meet. I know for a fact the grand parents did not want to introduce a young man into their nice comfortable home, but he needed them and now, after several years, they need him. I have two adult grand children who live at home with their parents, both well into their 20s and both working and paying off huge college debts.
I get the same feeling when I see these useless individuals preying on their parents, but not all cases are the same.